Obama is right about peace tactics

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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, will ask the UN General Assembly
next week to recognise Palestinian statehood. The US and European
governments are trying to avoid division on the issue. But the most likely
scenario is that the resolution will be passed by the Assembly and then
vetoed by the US in the Security Council. That will be a bad outcome.

There is international consensus in favour of a two-state solution.
Differences are about means rather than ends. But if the US does exercise
its veto, it will be the right decision.